Craniocerebral injuries in traffic accidents with fatal outcomes

Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 180-193

  Rancic, Nemanja ^a   Erceg, Milena ^b   Jakovljevic, Mihajlo ^c   Savic, Slobodan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b MediClin Waldkrankenhaus Department of Neurology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Craniocerebral injuries; Drivers; Pedestrians; Traffic accidents; Traffic participants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; DRIVER; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; SERBIA; SEX RATIO; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84897113258     PISSN: 00450618     EISSN: 1834562X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00450618.2013.818710     Document Type: Article

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